Spencer needs to interview Dr. Carlos Wesley after the ISHRS 2013 conference

[Kiwi]

It's annual. Not six months. That was a different conference.

Lets stop talking about raising funds we don't even know if he wants to go!!!

[willy]

So Spencer is a just radio host right? Too bad.

I've I had a site like this, I would pay a couple grand to travel to people like Gho, Nigam and the IHRS conference, then report about it. Actually I would try to get Nigam / Gho etc to pay for me to go. Someone should start a website / show like this and be an investigative journalist.... that would be cool.

[Dazza]

So Spencer is a just radio host right? Too bad.

No,
Spencer Kobren is the founder of The American Hair Loss Association and The International Alliance of Hair Restoration Surgeons. He is the author of The Bald Truth: The First Complete Guide to Preventing and Treating Hair Loss and The Truth About Woman's Hair Loss.

He also owns this site too.

[Thinning87]

It's annual. Not six months. That was a different conference.

Lets stop talking about raising funds we don't even know if he wants to go!!!

Yeah I understand it was a different conference.............

But the substance of my point remains. People get too hyped up about these. This one in particular is a conference by hair transplant surgeons, i.e. the last people on the world who want to hear progress from Jahoda.

I highly doubt it will be worth sending someone there.

[Desmond84]

Yeah I understand it was a different conference.............

But the substance of my point remains. People get too hyped up about these. This one in particular is a conference by hair transplant surgeons, i.e. the last people on the world who want to hear progress from Jahoda.

I highly doubt it will be worth sending someone there.

So true! Remember the highlight of 2012's ISHRS conference...they were boasting about was how effective FUT is as a gold standard for hair transplants! Scarring was not even mentioned as a huge shortcoming!

[Thinning87]

Not only will there be absolutely no interesting news, but we might hear pretty depressing statements such as "hair transplants are and will remain the gold standards for many years to come". Just like we did last year.

I do have to say that I wish I could hear what Jahoda has to say, but only because it would be interesting to hear him talk. Not because I believe that all the sudden he is going to come out of nowhere and say "I am in phase III!"

[Arashi]

I do have to say that I wish I could hear what Jahoda has to say, but only because it would be interesting to hear him talk. Not because I believe that all the sudden he is going to come out of nowhere and say "I am in phase III!"

He won't say that. But it's going to be damn interesting to hear where he stands with his research. Last time he succeeded at growing hair on human skin, but reported only 'partial success' which he thought was due to lack of epithal cell influence. That was more than half a year ago. Maybe he's researched that and found something.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

Not only will there be absolutely no interesting news, but we might hear pretty depressing statements such as "hair transplants are and will remain the gold standards for many years to come". Just like we did last year.

I do have to say that I wish I could hear what Jahoda has to say, but only because it would be interesting to hear him talk. Not because I believe that all the sudden he is going to come out of nowhere and say "I am in phase III!"

Yeah, I don't even take these ISHRS conferences seriously anymore. Just more people trumpeting hair transplants and doing anything possible to denigrate and be negative about future treatments. I am interesting in what Jahoda has to say but the rest of the conference is just a bunch of garbage.

[Arashi]

Yeah, I don't even take these ISHRS conferences seriously anymore. Just more people trumpeting hair transplants and doing anything possible to denigrate and be negative about future treatments. I am interesting in what Jahoda has to say but the rest of the conference is just a bunch of garbage.

It's a shame they're having a bunch of presentations regarding FUT. It's almost criminal, promoting ancient barbaric techniques that disfigure patients for life. I was at the gym yesterday, saw a regular visitor there, he's been thinning quite a lot and last few months I clearly saw his FUT scar appearing. Yesterday he gave up the battle and shaved it all, the guy just looked so sad with that huge scar on his head ... I can't believe it they're even still talking about this technique ...

[stayhopeful]

It really is barbaric to slit the back of your head like that. Please, nobody get an fut ever again.

So what's the deal??

To me, the only potentially legitimate options for people who don't want to take fin are: scarless fue or Jahoda with potential regeneration, and tsjui labs down the line? Is this what were down to? Which I don't mind all that much because I have faith in both, at least way more than anderans replicel or histogen

[Vox]

Yesterday he gave up the battle and shaved it all, the guy just looked so sad with that huge scar on his head ...

I have seen many guys like that in my city. At some point, as hair loss progresses, they decide to cut their hair really short or shave it. And then ...

Really a sad sight.

[cotto]

I agree with all of you, nobody should do a fut, I think thats why fue isnt full developed right now. Its what dr Cole says: some ht surgeons are lazy to learn new techniques because those that they use just satisfy their customers.
But we are looking for excellence, Fut must be a thing of the past.
Sorry about my little english, just want to support the idea you have.
Im just waitting for nigams or pilofocus to get an ht and if in the future all goes wrong i just shave it

[DepressedByHairLoss]

It's a shame they're having a bunch of presentations regarding FUT. It's almost criminal, promoting ancient barbaric techniques that disfigure patients for life. I was at the gym yesterday, saw a regular visitor there, he's been thinning quite a lot and last few months I clearly saw his FUT scar appearing. Yesterday he gave up the battle and shaved it all, the guy just looked so sad with that huge scar on his head ... I can't believe it they're even still talking about this technique ...

I'll never forget the first time I saw some one with an FUT scar. It was the summer of 2011 and I was at one of my big, outdoor rock shows. A guy moved down the aisle past me. He had his head shaved yet there was this huge ear-to-ear scar on the back of his head. If I had seen this a year earlier, I would've had no clue what it was. I would've assumed he had gotten into a bad accident or had endured a bad beating. But I had just signed up for the forums then so I therefore knew exactly what this was. Although I despise hair loss with a passion, I NEVER want to be in the position where I need to worry about a linear scar on the back of my head.

These hair transplant procedures (especially FUT) are very limited, maximally-invasive, and the downsides are permanent. It's no wonder that only a tiny minority of hair loss sufferers opt for these procedures. These HT surgeons know this yet they still trumpet these hair transplant procedures as some type of gold standard, despite the statistical fact that most people aren't even interested in them. They always seem to propose that hair restoration must involve some type of surgery. It's sickening.

What we really need are a new breed of hair restoration doctors (similar to Dr. Nigam) who are interested in promoting and trying new hair regrowth methods that do not involve invasive surgery.

[hellouser]

One day to go!!

[crafter]

One day to go!!

what do you think the news will be? unlimited donor hair?